#che

Even at 10 or 12, I was a hot, fast little cheerleader. ↗

— Jackie Joyner-Kersee

#even #fast #hot #i #little

I go to Malawi twice a year. It's where two of my children were adopted from, and I have a lot of projects there that I go and check up on and children who I look after. It's sort of a commitment that I've made to this country and the hundreds of thousands of children there who have been orphaned by AIDS. ↗

— Madonna Ciccone

#after #aids #been #check #children

At boarding school you had to wear your name across your chest and your back, and obviously I had a pretty funny name. It wasn't Brown or Smith or Hughes. ↗

— Diane Cilento

#back #boarding #boarding school #brown #chest

Anyone can escape into sleep, we are all geniuses when we dream, the butcher's the poet's equal there. ↗

— Emile M. Cioran

#butcher #dream #equal #escape #geniuses

Even Michelangelo got paid for doing the Sistine Chapel. To those artists who say they're doing it for the love of art, I say: Get real. ↗

— Gianni Versace

#artists #chapel #doing #even #get

Never hurry. Take plenty of exercise. Always be cheerful. Take all the sleep you need. You may expect to be well. ↗

— James Freeman Clarke

#always #cheerful #exercise #expect #hurry

Jealousy is not at all low, but it catches us humbled and bowed down, at first sight. ↗

— Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

#catches #down #first #humbled #jealousy

We have run out of creativity for children and teachers alike in the name of pushing up standards. ↗

— Shirley Williams

#children #creativity #name #out #pushing

It just seems like overkill when you already have a dagger and I have superpowerful magic at my disposal.” “‘Superpowerful?’”He stood up, a gold chain dangling from his fingers. “Let me remind you of two words, Mercer: Bad. Dog. ↗

— Rachel Hawkins

#bad-dog #funny #sophie #funny

Organized religion: the world's largest pyramid scheme. ↗

— Bernard Katz

#organized #organized religion #pyramid #religion #scheme